[GreenPsychoRanger]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Oh, probably. I'm sure they also have a lot of unused concepts sitting around that they considered at one point and then passed on.

And yeah, the head producer and writers do most of the decision making on plot and characters. Toei/Bandai usually seem to dictate the general theme and designs. Plans usually aren't set in stone from day one, though, and the shows are definitely not fully mapped out in advance. Sometimes that works out well, like when Date ended up staying around much longer than planned in OOO. Sometimes it doesn't, like when Wizard wanted to add three more Riders very late in the show's run and had to reuse mook costumes from the movie because there was no budget for all-new suits.

Take Ryuki for example. The Rider's with the colored under-suits (Ryuki, Knight, and Zolda) were meant to be the focuses of the series, the only long running characters. But the audience/viewers loved Ouja as a villain so he ended up being a long running character anyways.

[Jkin62]

What a coincidence! I found this a few days ago:

Could it be Kamen Rider had basic concepts planned as far ahead as 5 years?

[GreenPsychoRanger]

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Originally Posted by Jkin62

What a coincidence! I found this a few days ago:

Could it be Kamen Rider had basic concepts planned as far ahead as 5 years?

Technically 6. It was W-Drive. That is rather odd.

[barnstenchfartface]

That's the CSM Decadriver though, so it came out after Drive had already started. Having sounds for the shows that came afterwards isn't strange (but a nice bonus).

[Phantom Stranger]

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Originally Posted by Jkin62

What a coincidence! I found this a few days ago:

Could it be Kamen Rider had basic concepts planned as far ahead as 5 years?

No. That's the CSM DecaDriver released in February 2015.

[Luminous]

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Originally Posted by Jkin62

What a coincidence! I found this a few days ago:

Could it be Kamen Rider had basic concepts planned as far ahead as 5 years?

These are bonus sound for CSM Decadriver, I don't think they implemented it into the DX toy 6 years ago, that's sound too risky.
Proof:

[Suzu]

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Originally Posted by Luminous

These are bonus sound for CSM Decadriver, I don't think they implemented it into the DX toy 6 years ago, that's sound too risky.

Especially because the design and work phase doesn't take such little time. And they do implement special designs or rework stuff during shows as well.
The process of finding ideas alone takes up a lot of time. And also, they need to be flexible to adjust to plans, so I actually think they're just planning one or at the most 2 years ahead.

[Kiryu]

We should start hearing news about the next Rider series around the summer time. Looking back, Ghost's was filed in April so we should start hearing rumours/fake rumours around that time.

[vin13ish]

I would say Toei usually trademark the Kamen Rider around MAY

Just wait for 2 months

I'm have a feeling that Next Kamen Rider after Kamen Rider Ghost will be more Sci-fi because this

Kamen Rider W- Sci-Fi

Kamen Rider OOO- Mix of Fantasy and Sci-Fi

Kamen Rider Fourze- Sci-Fi

Kamen Rider Wizard- Fantasy

Kamen Rider Gaim- Mix of Fantasy and Sci-Fi

Kamen Rider Drive- Sci-Fi

Kamen Rider Ghost- Fantasy

[IXRollOutIX]

I dunno. OOO was sort of just as much of a mixture as Gaim was, I'd say. Birth was a straight up tech Rider, and the alchemists who created the O medals used science to create life through desire. It's certainly not straight up sci-fi, but it's closer to it than Wizard or Ghost.